Second Hand Smoke Harms

Cheyenne, Wy – An anti-smoking advocate says a newfederal report on the hazards of second-hand smoke should help spurmore Wyoming cities and towns to ban smoking in public places. Jan Drury of the American Heart Association in Wyoming says shebelieves more communities in the state will seek to becomesmoke-free. The city of Cheyenne recently became the second city in thestate to ban smoking in most public places. Opponents of theordinance are seeking to stop it and put it to a vote in November. Laramie has been living under a city-wide smoking ban in mostpublic places for just over a year. Arguments presented by opponents of smoking bans in Laramie andCheyenne include the claim that nonsmokers can be safely separatedfrom smokers in the same building. But state Health Department Director Doctor Brent Sherard says aU-S surgeon general's report released today (Tuesday) clearlydetermined that's not true. The state Health Department offers a program to help people whowant to quit smoking.